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We hired someone to advise McD on coaches challenges, and we still suck at those. I don't think a clock specialist would be useful. A Head Coach has a LOT going on between plays, are they supposed to delay the entire process waiting to hear from the clock specialist if they should use a timeout or not? Is the clock specialist going to chime in and say whether or not we can run the ball? No passes unless it's guaranteed the receiver can get out of bounds? Logistically I just don't see the value there.

I know when you're down by 14 in the 4th Q and you score a TD the math says to go for 2. If you convert the 2 pt you can now win the game with a stop and another TD with a PAT. If you don't convert you can still tie the game with another TD and 2 pt conversion. That math doesn't really work out when you're down by 17. Requiring multiple 2 pt conversions in a row to gain an advantage is not a sound strategy. If we're talking aggressive coaching tactics, why didn't we go for it on 4th and 2 from our 41 with 1 minute left in the 1st half?

I don't think anyone has mentioned him by name yet, but AJE was laughably bad. He gave up multiple TDs where he was unblocked and bit on action while the Rams ran straight by him.

Is it more likely that we recover an onside kick? Or that our DEF, with how they had played that game, force a 3 and out (or turnover)? Personally I'll take the 3% chance at an onside kick.

Refs had such a ridiculous standard for DPI in this game. Multiple garbage calls against the Bills. Then they pick up the DPI flag on the deep ball to Cooper where the DB had a fistful of jersey for 5+ yards. The late DPI on Rams in the endzone was garbage as well.

Full disclosure: I wanted McD fired after the 13 seconds game. I really don't think the timeout today was a problem. Under no circumstances should we have been kicking the ball off deep with <1 minute to play and rely on our DEF to force a 3 and out. The DEF that allowed 38 points and forced 1 punt the entire game. I'll take my chances with the on-side kick and using the timeout immediately gives the offense more time if we did miraculously recover the kick.

Aren't we all football nerds? We spend our spare time posting on a message board 😂 And yes, I do bring up that OJ was the only 2k rushing season in a 14 game season. Barkley deserves an asterisk if he squeaks by Dickerson's record with the extra 17th game this season.

Could've been Jeudy too. 9 catches for 235 yards and a TD

Hate it. There's a reason no other team in the NFL signed Hyde this season. Why is this org so obsessed with bringing back old, washed-up former Bills players after they've been sitting on their couch for most of the season? Didn't work when we brought Cole Beasley back. Didn't work when we brought John Brown back. Didn't work when we brought AJ Klein back. Those guys had no business being on the field in playoff games and were an active detriment to the team. I still have PTSD from watching Klein try to cover Kelce.

Yea, this deserves an asterisk. McD's streak has come with the 17 game regular season, and 2 of the 11+ win seasons he's reached the 11th win in the extra game (2021 and 2023)

Always tough to judge how much is the roster (QB) and how much is coaching. Personally I think Allen has significantly more to do with our success than McD. My opinion of McD hasn't changed this year, I still think he's a slightly above average coach in the top 15-10 range. Winning a SB is really the only way to change that. 13 seconds was a fire-able offense. So was not making a SB with Josh Allen on a rookie contract.

I've seen the 'late slide' comment thrown around (including from the HOU coach) but I really don't see it. Lawrence was short of the 1st down line and ~4 yards from the defender when he started the slide. It might've been difficult for Al-Shaair to avoid all contact, but he made the choice to launch forearm first at Trevor's head. 3 game suspension is well deserved IMO

Not sure that head first slides would help. If QB slides head first and defender launches head first at him could have catastrophic neck/head injuries. For this particular hit I have to agree it's a really dirty hit. The defender is almost 5 yards away from T-law when he starts his slide. He could've easily avoided the diving fore-arm shiver to the head.

10 second runoff only occurs if the clock was rolling as the offense snapped it and committed a pre-snap penalty. In this case there would not have been a runoff as the clock was not rolling.

I'd have to call this a false start and not an illegal shift.There is a distinct replay where you can see #87 on the Raiders not set and waving his arm around right before the snap. Obviously screen shots are going to suck when looking at a false start, but you can see the center started the snapping motion here while #87 is moving his arm. You can watch a replay on your own through Prime if you want https://imgur.com/a/GmbmzQ4 You could argue that this qualifies as both an illegal shift and a false start per the letter of the law of the rulebook. I think the spirit of the rule would call this a false start. In real game situations I think 99% of refs would have called this a false start instead of an illegal shift.

I agree that Williams deserves more blame for the clock mismanagement yesterday. Stunning lack of awareness from him to waste time on an audible and then go for a very low % deep ball. They snapped it with 6 seconds left - that's enough time for a quick completion and timeout to lineup for a closer FG. Or you just throw it away and let your kicker try the 59 yarder. That being said, Eberflus is a terrible head coach and his firing was long overdue. He never should've been HC to start this season.

That's not far-fetched at all. Lamar and Burrow are having better years than Josh statistically. Mahomes will get in because of what he's done in previous seasons. I would even bet Herbert as the 1st alternate over Josh. As for the entire roster I'll predict Dawkins (not that he deserves it, but O-line is based more on reputation) and T. Johnson. There's plenty of guys having good enough seasons to make the pro-bowl but without being dominant enough that the national media would be forced to put them on the team.

I will primarily be rooting for Lamar to have a terrible game to help Josh's MVP odds. Ravens and Chargers are both going to make the playoffs, so Bills rooting interests come down to who you want to win their division.

Did you try to look up the actual stats or are you spouting off based on gut-feel? Outdoors splits on PAT this season Bass 28/32 Aubrey 10/10

He doesn't have as many misses as Bass. Aubrey has 2 misses this year (and one block). 10 FGs made from 50+ yards Bass has 7 misses (3 FGs and 4 PAT). 2 FGs made from 50+ yards Not to mention Bass had one of the worst playoff meltdowns ever last season. I'd gladly give up a 4th for Aubrey, but doubt the Cowboys would take it.

You guys are way too sentimental. The only guy on the list is Josh Allen. Partly because of how good he is, and partly because of the dead cap if we do trade him. Anyone else can be traded for the right price. There's only a few guys where I'd want a 1st rounder (or more) coming back.

Cooper is 800k cap hit for us, Hopkins is 4.4mm cap hit for Chiefs. We would've needed to free up a few million in cap space to fit Hopkins. Not ideal, but it wouldn't break the bank either. FWIW Cooper only missed 5 starts in the previous 9 seasons. I don't think the guy suddenly got lazy or unmotivated now that he's on a SB contender.

I'm going to be honest I didn't realize Dalton was hurt on that play. It's not like he was slow in getting up. Feels disingenuous to me to blame that injury on the QB though. It was certainly a bad throw, but the injury is just bad luck. Dalton might fall to the ground like that 100 times and only get injured once.

What play was that? I don't recall any hospital balls ala Derek Carr

Cook has been much more physical since missing the Jets game. Worried about losing his job to Davis perhaps?